AMY and SONIC Chapter 8 For the first time in his life, Sonic was too stunned to do anything. He could not believe what he was seeing! No, it couldn’t really be Amy! At that moment, Amy recognized Sonic and Tails. She rushed forward. “Tails! Sonic!” “My God! It IS Amy!” Sonic exclaimed, still too surprised to move. Amy reached Tails first. She embraced him fondly. Tails had always been like a baby brother to her. “Oh, Tails!” She said with tears in her eyes. “I thought I’d never see you again!” “We thought you were a goner!” Tails said. “How….” “My friends here found me!” Amy said, pointing to the Echidnas. She kissed Tails on the forehead. “So good to see you again!” “It’s good to see you again too, Amy!” Tails said. Amy let go of Tails and approached Sonic. She wasn’t sure if she really wanted to embrace him or not. He had always been rude to her, had always been a jerk to her. How was he going to react now that she had returned from the dead? “Amy! It’s really you!” Sonic’s voice sounded like it was about to crack, something Amy didn’t think she would ever hear. Amy didn’t really know what to say except for: “Yes, it’s really me.” Sonic rushed forward and took Amy in his arms. Nobody was more surprised by this than Amy herself! He embraced Amy for several moments. There were others watching, but for the first time in his life, Sonic didn’t care! He kissed Amy on the cheek, and then right on the mouth! This surprised Amy even more! This couldn’t be Sonic at all! Just a week ago, Sonic would have never willingly embraced or kissed Amy, and certainly not with others watching! Sonic had never felt such a feeling. AMY WAS ALIVE! He wanted to just hold her like this forever and never let go! He swore to himself right then and there that he was going to treat her right from now on! “Amy! I can’t believe it!” Sonic said as he pulled back a little. “I thought you were…. You were…. “ Sonic choked up, something Amy thought she would never see. “Oh, God! I missed you!” Sonic saw that Amy was crying. She leaned forward and kissed Sonic on the cheek. For the first time ever, Sonic did not try to back away. “I missed you too, Sonic!” Amy said softly, tears in her eyes. Chief Kukulcan stepped up at this moment. “I…. I hate to interrupt this, but we do have rather pressing problems!” Sonic composed himself: “We certainly do! I’m sure Amy has told you about Robotnik?” “Yes she has.” Kukulcan said. “Well” Sonic said. “I’m sure he’s seen your village and he’s sent out his robots! Our only chance is to ambush them first!” “That is the very plan that Amy suggested!” Copan said. “Good thinking, Amy!” Sonic said. This surprised Amy almost as much as Sonic’s reaction to seeing her! He had actually thought that she had come up with a good plan? He had actually complimented her on it? Sonic HAD changed! Tails spoke up: “Ahem! Amy? I don’t think we’ve really been formally introduced to your new friends.” “Oh, of course.” Said Amy. “This is Kukulcan, the chief.” “It is good to meet you. Though I wish the circumstances could have been better.” “Nice to meet you too, chief.” Tails said. “Same here.” Added Sonic. “Knuckles is gonna flip when he finds out there are other Echidnas!” “This is Sayil.” Amy continued. “It’s so good to finally meet you two!” Sayil said. “Amy’s told us all about you.” “Pleased to meet you.” Said Tails. “Same here.” Added Sonic. “And this…” said Amy “Is Copan. He’s the one who found me after I fell.” “Then I am very glad to meet you.” Sonic said. “It is good to finally see you and Tails as well.” Copan said. “Amy has been…. a good friend to us.” “She….” Sonic looked over at her. “She has always been a good friend. Even if I didn’t always realize it.” Gamma Mark II led his squad down the jungle pathway. This would be simple, just march in and destroy that unsuspecting village. Metal Sonic had expressed doubts about using only one squad. “What does he know?” Gamma II thought. Master Robotnik had clearly seen who was more fit to be second- in-command. As Gamma II basked in his own self-importance, he and his squad came to a bend where the pathway became very narrow. Suddenly, dozens of Echidnas sprang from the underbrush and jumped from the trees, destroying several robots with their spears and spiked knuckles before they even knew what was happening! “Ambush!” shouted Gamma II. “Open fire!” The other E-1000 robots tried to raise their weapons to fire, but it was already too late! The Echidnas were already upon them from all sides! Copan smashed one robot with his spear. It crackled and then blew apart. Much to Copan’s surprise, a small rabbit scurried out of the destroyed robot shell and ran away! “So that’s what roboticizing is!” Copan said. At that moment, another E-1000 robot hit Copan on the back of the head, knocking him to the ground. As he got back to his hands and knees, he saw the robot’s deadly laser blaster leveled at him. But suddenly, something hit the robot from behind, and it blew apart. Copan looked up to see Sayil standing over the smashed robot. “Well, well.” She said. “Look who had to rescue whom!” Gamma II saw a familiar blue form nearby. It had to be…. “The Hedgehog!” Gamma II turned to a nearby robot. “Omega, get him!” Sonic turned Omega into a pile of twisted metal before he could even raise his laser blaster to fire! Realizing that he was the only one left, Gamma II used his rocket pack to fly above the group and make his escape. None of the other robots were so fortunate. “Looks like the head rat is leaving!” Sonic said as he saw Gamma II fly away. “That’s okay, Sonic!” said Tails. “We still did good! We took them out, and none of us got hurt doing it!” “Yeah, but that Egg Carrier’s gonna be a tougher nut to crack!” said Sonic. “We’re still with you, Sonic!” said Copan. “Good!” Sonic said. Then he looked at Amy. “Amy? When we go after that Egg Carrier, I want you to stay close to me….. please!” “I will Sonic.” “Please? I….. I don’t want to lose you again!” Metal Sonic was waiting on the bridge when Gamma Mark II arrived. “Well, well! So the great Gamma has failed?” “You…” Gamma II started to raise his fist, but Robotnik appeared at that moment. “So these people are tougher than we thought?” Robotnik said. “And the Hedgehog is helping them? No matter. If they are foolish enough to attack us here, we shall make them pay…. In blood!”